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Taihape Daily Times, 16 August 1919, Page 3

Cliai-a'ctel-istically American is ‘the following extract, which is taken from a letter received a few days ago by a resident of Dunedin. It might (says an exchange) be termed history in a nutshell:——“The United States is regulating all transportation business just like the Kaiser did in Germany. Democracy is doomed. You ean’t. gte married without a medical certificate. Soon, we will not dare to sneeze. It is awful! The public swears this is ‘on the burn,” and the overhead charges are nearly prohibitive. Big national scandals and cash waste, with grave hold-ups! The United States noses into every private home, and all the people are registerd for everything. Good-bye ‘to United States freedom until next election. Women are voting, which helps some. The Reds are busy in"Eui'ope. The Peace Conference has nearly matured, and the League of Nations, also. Germany is signing the final contract, and the Bolshevists are Warring, and famine rules. United ‘States is feeding the lot and taking a mortgage for pay. In the end America will own all the Custom-houses in Europe and Asia that Britain does not nail down. But no!‘ We do not want territory; we only want incomes.”